Activists
Opinion: Concern of Tom Vilsack is improving rural America by exploiting energy resources, creating local food markets for local products, expanding broadband, urging recreation
By David Broder
The Washington Post 2010-08-15
Opinion: It's grounding to hear that Senator Jon Tester is spending his summer vacation harvesting wheat on his farm
The editors
The New York Times 2010-08-10
Former Forbes head Jim Spanfeller raises $2 million for collection of websites; food is first up
By Anthony Ha
VentureBeat; The New York Times 2010-08-10
Actors
Paul the psychic octopus begins advertising career after predicting winning teams for World Cup; mollusk has received more than 160 endorsement offers
By Eric Kelsey
Der Spiegel 2010-07-30
Green groups, citing parallels to Earth with ruin on Pandora, want James Cameron to be their champion, but Pandora is non-existent; "Avatar" is passive experience
By Bryan Walsh
Time magazine 2010-03-07
Gatorade ends Tiger Woods endorsement deal
By Mike Hughlett
Chicago Tribune 2010-02-26
Artisan Producers
Truffle Kid, aka Brett Ottolenghi, specializes in small run, vaguely regulated, hard to come by, near-banned ingredients demanded by top chefs of Las Vegas
By Dana Goodyear
The New Yorker (abstract; subscription required) 2010-08-16
John Scharffenberger: A lifetime of connections to dirt and food - from wine and chocolate to sauerkraut and tofu
By Bonnie Azab Powell
Grist 2010-06-18
Obituary: Emilio Lavazza, coffee magnate
By Margherita Stancati
The Wall Street Journal. (may require subscription) 2010-02-19
"Potash, for all intents and purposes, is food."
Authors
Sustainable agriculture his goal, says 'Just Food' author
James E. McWilliams, author of provocative book on locavore movement, says in Q&A that everything required for sustainable food system is irrelevant without major reduction in meat consumption. He buys organic but worries about lower yields, toxic chemicals. Still a locavore, he says he's no longer dismissive of properly and responsibly employed genetically modified crops - drought resistant cassava, blight resistant rice. Problem with agribusiness isn't size but monoculture. His advice? Make vast majority of what you buy fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts.
By Grant Butler
The Oregonian 2009-09-29
Ruth Reichl, moving forward without Gourmet magazine
Ruth Reichl, editor of the late Gourmet, which she'd whipped into the 21st century with serious and adventurous food journalism, offers a chin-up try on comporting oneself after being unhorsed during victory lap. At a book-tour stop, she regales Philadelphia crowd; later, cookbooks sold like hotcakes (while gossip flowed like hot syrup). And: Gourmet magazine will be remembered more for its recipes, intelligence, and bold roads traveled than for succulence, ingenuity of prose - David Foster Wallace's 2004 'Consider the Lobster' a rare exception (click 'See also').
By Rick Nichols
The Philadelphia Inquirer 2009-10-29
Kiddie cuisine book controversy
Rerun of Oprah Winfrey show pushes one cookbook higher in sales, but boosts another to the top of the Amazon list - and renews controversy. Missy Chase Lapine, author of 'The Sneaky Chef,' says that a later book, 'Deceptively Delicious,' by Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the comedian, Jerry), is in violation of copyright.
By Julie Bosman
The New York Times 2008-07-12
Chefs
Ferran Adrià's Harvard collaboration, which seeks to understand physical, chemical principles on which his culinary art is based, is continuation of career spent in rigorous pursuit of innovation
By Colman Andrews
Business Week 2010-09-02
ABC orders second season of Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution," this time in LA; in first season, show won its Friday at 9 time period and was No. 1 among all key demographics
By Lynette Rice
Entertainment Weekly 2010-09-02
Michael White, exuberant chef "with a twinkle" who favors superlatives, builds Italian restaurant empire in NJ, NY through Altamarea Group
By Frank Bruni
The New York Times 2010-08-25
Farmers
John Ameroso, urban farming pioneer responsible for teaching New Yorkers how to grow and sell food in the city, hangs up his hoe
By Tracie McMillan
The New York Times 2010-05-19
Urban farmer, activist grows power with worms, aquaponics
growingpower.org
To Will Allen, founder of Growing Power, local isn't rolling pasture or suburban garden: It's 14 greenhouses of worm composting and aquaponics crammed onto two acres in working-class neighborhood. Company isn't self-sufficient, but neither is industrial agriculture. Nor can it be compared to other small farms, because it also offers social, ecological and economic bottom lines.
By Elizabeth Royte
The New York Times 2009-07-01
Urban farmer wins 'genius grant' for push to make fresh food affordable
MacArthur Foundation/youtube
Will Allen uses aquaculture and vermiculture, and heats greenhouses with composting.
Urban farmer in Milwaukee wins $500,000 MacArthur 'genius grant' (click 'See also) for developing farming methods and educational programs designed to provide healthy food to everyone. His nonprofit, Growing Power (www.growingpower.org), just expanded its program of selling bags of fruit and vegetables for $14 -- a week's worth for a family of four.
By Lee Bergquist
Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) 2008-09-22
Obituaries
Obituary: C. Joseph Genster, marketer of Metrecal, meal in a can for dieters, dies at 92
By Douglas Martin
The New York Times 2010-08-26
Obituary: Michael Batterberry, editor of Food Arts magazine, dies at 78
By Margalit Fox
The New York Times 2010-07-29
Obituary: Rose Gray, founder, chef at London's River Cafe
By William Grimes
The New York Times 2010-03-02
Producers
Agribusiness chief urges industry to cut supply-chain waste to shrink food shortages, meet global demand
By Doug Cameron
Dow Jones Newswire; CNNmoney.com 2010-01-27
Food magnate escapes injury in Mumbai terrorism
Sir Gulam Noon, known as the 'Curry King' for his Indian ready meal business in UK, escapes harm during terrorism at Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Businessman was rescued by crane after his hotel window was pushed out by emergency workers.
By Paul Lewis
The Guardian (UK) 2008-11-27
Head of meat safety leaves USDA after three years
Richard Raymond, USDA's top meat/poultry safety official, steps down. As first physician in post, he brought new attention to public health, but often was frustrated with antiquated statute and politics that stymied change, says previous officeholder. He is credited with decreasing rates of salmonella, but his tenure also was marked by massive recalls.
By Annys Shin
The Washington Post 2008-09-27